36th Edition of Hyderabad Sailing Week 2022 From July 4

The 36th edition of Hyderabad Sailing Week will begin on Monday at the Secunderabad Sailing Club. The six-day event starts on July 4 and ends on July 11.

The event will see the participation of notable clubs like Army yachting Node Mumbai, INWTC Navy Mumbai, Trishna Sailing Club Army Mysore, and National Sailing School Bhopal, Yacht Club of Hyderabad, Navy Boys School Goa among others.

Around 75 sailors from across the country will participate in different categories of races such as Olympic and Asian Games classes – Laser standard (ILCA 7) Open Men, Laser Radial (ILCA 6) Women & Open, and Laser 4.7 (ILCA 4) Youth Boys & Girls.

This year there are more youngsters under the age of 17 years participating in the Youth Boys and Youth Girls class of the ILCA 4.

Honorary Secretary of  Secunderabad Sailing Club, Vikrant Boorugu said that the sailing event has been accredited as a Yachting Association of India (YAI) Ranking event. This means that the ranking of a sailor at the Hyderabad Sailing Week will be considered towards overall National Ranking and subsequent selections for various national and international championships including Selection for Asian games, he said.

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